Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS
2,682 sections in this chapter.
105 ILCS 5/10-20.62 Dual enrollment and dual credit notification
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.62) Sec. 10-20.62. Dual enrollment and dual credit notification. (a) In this Section, "dual credit course" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Dual Credit Quality Act. (b) A qualified student shall be allowed to enroll in an unlimited amount of dual cre…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.63 Availability of menstrual hygiene products
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.63) Sec. 10-20.63. Availability of menstrual hygiene products. (a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Menstrual hygiene products are a health care necessity and not an item that can be foregone or substituted easily. (2) Access to menstrual hygiene pr…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.64 Booking stations on school grounds
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.64) Sec. 10-20.64. Booking stations on school grounds. (a) There shall be no student booking station established or maintained on the grounds of any school. (b) This prohibition shall be applied to student booking stations only, as defined in this Section. The p…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.65 Sec. 10-20.65
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.65) Sec. 10-20.65. School social worker. A school board may employ school social workers who have graduated with a master's or higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work and have such additional qualifications as may be requir…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.66 Sec. 10-20.66
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.66) Sec. 10-20.66. School-grown produce. A school district may serve students produce grown and harvested by students in school-owned facilities utilizing hydroponics or aeroponics or in school-owned or community gardens if the soil and compost in which the prod…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 Short-term substitute teacher training
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.67) Sec. 10-20.67. Short-term substitute teacher training. (a) Each school board shall, in collaboration with its teachers or, if applicable, the exclusive bargaining representative of its teachers, jointly develop a short-term substitute teacher training progra…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.68 School resource officer
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.68) Sec. 10-20.68. School resource officer. (a) In this Section, "school resource officer" means a law enforcement officer who has been primarily assigned to a school or school district under a memorandum of understanding between a local law enforcement agency a…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 Sec. 10-20.69
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.69) Sec. 10-20.69. Policy on sexual harassment. Each school district must create, maintain, and implement an age-appropriate policy on sexual harassment that must be posted on the school district's website and, if applicable, any other area where policies, rules…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.7 Appoint teachers and fix salaries
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.7) Sec. 10-20.7. Appoint teachers and fix salaries. To appoint all teachers and fix the amount of their salaries, subject to limitations set forth in this Act. In fixing salaries of certificated employees, school boards shall make no…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.70 Sec. 10-20.70
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.70) Sec. 10-20.70. Class size reporting. No later than November 16, 2020, and annually thereafter, each school district must report to the State Board of Education information on the school district described under subsection (b) of Section 2-3.136a and must mak…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.71 Sec. 10-20.71
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.71) Sec. 10-20.71. Sexual abuse investigations at schools. Every 2 years, each school district must review all existing policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse investigations at schools to ensure consistency with Section 22-85. (Source: P.A. 101-531, eff…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.72 Door security locking means
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.72) Sec. 10-20.72. Door security locking means. (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a door locking means intended for use by a trained school district employee in a school building for the purpose of preventing ingress through a door of the …
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 Modification of athletic or team uniform permitted
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.73) Sec. 10-20.73. Modification of athletic or team uniform permitted. (a) A school board must allow a student athlete to modify his or her athletic or team uniform for the purpose of modesty in clothing or attire that is in accordance with the requirements of h…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.74 Sec. 10-20.74
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.74) Sec. 10-20.74. Educational technology capacity and policies; report. School districts shall submit to the State Board of Education, or its designee, an annual report that shall include, at a minimum, information regarding educational technology capacity and …
105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 Website accessibility guidelines
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.75) Sec. 10-20.75. Website accessibility guidelines. (a) As used in this Section, "Internet website or web service" means any third party online curriculum that is made available to enrolled students or the public by a school district through the Internet. (b) T…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.76 Sec. 10-20.76
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.76) Sec. 10-20.76. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 102-813, eff. 5-13-22. Repealed by P.A. 103-143, eff. 7-1-23.)
105 ILCS 5/10-20.77 Sec. 10-20.77
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.77) Sec. 10-20.77. Parent-teacher conference and other meetings; caseworker. For any student who is in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, the liaison appointed under Section 10-20.59 must inform the Department's Office of Educat…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.78 Sec. 10-20.78
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.78) Sec. 10-20.78. Student absence; pregnancy. A school board shall adopt written policies related to absences and missed homework or classwork assignments as a result of or related to a student's pregnancy. (Source: P.A. 102-471, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-1…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.79 Sec. 10-20.79
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.79) Sec. 10-20.79. Computer literacy skills. All school districts shall ensure that students receive developmentally appropriate opportunities to gain computer literacy skills beginning in elementary school. (Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.7a Minority recruitment policy
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.7a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.7a) Sec. 10-20.7a. Minority recruitment policy. To develop and implement, by 1991, a policy of recruitment and hiring of minority teachers, other certificated employees and non-certificated employees, including custodians, lunch roo…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.7b Active military service
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.7b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.7b) Sec. 10-20.7b. Active military service. Any certificated or non-certificated employee of a school board who is a member of any reserve component of the United States Armed Services, including the Illinois National Guard, and who…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.8 Branches of study, textbooks and apparatus
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.8) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.8) Sec. 10-20.8. Branches of study, textbooks and apparatus. To direct what branches of study shall be taught and what apparatus shall be used. Subject to Article 28 of this Act, to direct what textbooks shall be used and to enforce …
105 ILCS 5/10-20.80 Sec. 10-20.80
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.80) Sec. 10-20.80. School support personnel reporting. No later than December 1, 2022 and each December 1st annually thereafter, each school district must report to the State Board of Education the information with regard to the school district as of October 1st…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.81 Identification cards; suicide prevention information
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.81) Sec. 10-20.81. Identification cards; suicide prevention information. (a) Each school district that serves pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 and that issues an identification card to pupils in any of grades 6 through 12 shall provide contact information fo…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.83 COVID-19 paid administrative leave
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.83) Sec. 10-20.83. COVID-19 paid administrative leave. (a) In this Section: "Employee" means a person employed by a school district on or after April 5, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 102-697). "Fully vaccinated against COVID-19" means: (1) 2 weeks after…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.84 College and career readiness systems
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.84) Sec. 10-20.84. College and career readiness systems. (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this Section, by July 1, 2025, a school district that enrolls students in any of grades 6 through 12 shall adopt and commence implementation of career exploration and caree…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 Trauma kit
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85) Sec. 10-20.85. Trauma kit. (a) In this Section, "trauma kit" means a first aid response kit that contains, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) One tourniquet endorsed by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care. (2) One compression bandage. (3) One…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.86 Community input on local assessments
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.86) Sec. 10-20.86. Community input on local assessments. (a) As used in this Section, "district-administered assessment" means an assessment that requires all student test takers at any grade level to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from a…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.87 Automated external defibrillator; attendance centers and extracurricular activities
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.87) Sec. 10-20.87. Automated external defibrillator; attendance centers and extracurricular activities. (a) As used in this Section, "automated external defibrillator" has the meaning provided in the Automated External Defibrillator Act. (b) A school district sh…
105 ILCS 5/10-20.9 Sec. 10-20.9
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.9) Sec. 10-20.9. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)
105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a Final grade; promotion
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.9a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.9a) Sec. 10-20.9a. Final grade; promotion. (a) Teachers shall administer the approved marking system or other approved means of evaluating pupil progress. The teacher shall maintain the responsibility and right to determine grades a…
105 ILCS 5/10-21 Additional duties of board
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21) Sec. 10-21. Additional duties of board. Boards of education in addition to the duties enumerated above shall have the additional duties enumerated in Sections 10-21.1 through 10-21.11. (Source: P.A. 86-21; 86-890; 86-1028.)
105 ILCS 5/10-21.1 Employment of teachers
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.1) Sec. 10-21.1. Employment of teachers. To examine teachers by examinations supplemental to any other examinations and to employ teachers and fix the amount of their salaries subject to limitations set forth in this Act. Provided, t…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.10 Electronic paging devices on school property
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.10) Sec. 10-21.10. Electronic paging devices on school property. (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the educational development of all persons to the limits of their capacities is a fundamental goal of the people of th…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.11 Infectious disease policies and rules
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.11) Sec. 10-21.11. Infectious disease policies and rules. To develop policies and adopt rules relating to the appropriate manner of managing children with chronic infectious diseases, not inconsistent with guidelines published by th…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.12 Sec. 10-21.12
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.12) Sec. 10-21.12. Transfer of teachers. The employment of a teacher transferred from one board or administrative agent to the control of a new or different board or administrative agent shall be considered continuous employment if …
105 ILCS 5/10-21.2 Schools of different grades
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.2) Sec. 10-21.2. Schools of different grades. To establish schools of different grades and to adopt regulations for the admission of pupils into them; however, in any district having less than 2,000 inhabitants no grades above the ei…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.3 Attendance units
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.3) Sec. 10-21.3. Attendance units. To establish one or more attendance units within the district. As soon as practicable, and from time to time thereafter, the board shall change or revise existing units or create new units in a mann…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a Transfer of students
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a) Sec. 10-21.3a. Transfer of students. (a) Each school board shall establish and implement a policy governing the transfer of a student from one attendance center to another within the school district upon the request of the student's parent or guardian. A stu…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.4 Sec. 10-21.4
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.4) Sec. 10-21.4. Superintendent - Duties. Except in districts in which there is only one school with fewer than 4 teachers, to employ a superintendent, who shall have charge of the administration of the schools under the direction of…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.4a Sec. 10-21.4a
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.4a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.4a) Sec. 10-21.4a. Principals and assistant principals - Duties. To employ principals and assistant principals who hold valid supervisory or administrative certificates. The principal, with the assistance of any assistant principals…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.5 Establishment of high schools
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.5) Sec. 10-21.5. Establishment of high schools. The board of education of any community high school district, township high school district, consolidated high school district, or community unit district heretofore created shall withi…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.6 Sec. 10-21.6
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.6) Sec. 10-21.6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-795. Repealed by P.A. 97-256, eff. 1-1-12.)
105 ILCS 5/10-21.7 Attacks on school personnel
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.7) Sec. 10-21.7. Attacks on school personnel. (a) In the Section, "school" means any public or private elementary or secondary school. (b) Upon receipt of a written complaint from any school personnel, the school shall report all inc…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.8 Sec. 10-21.8
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.8) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.8) Sec. 10-21.8. Correspondence and Reports. In the absence of any court order to the contrary to require that, upon the request of either parent of a pupil whose parents are divorced or, if the student is in the legal custody of the…
105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 Sec. 10-21.9
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(105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9) Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database. (a) Licensed and nonlicensed applicants for employment with a scho…
105 ILCS 5/10-22 Sec. 10-22
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22) Sec. 10-22. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 76-2268. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
105 ILCS 5/10-22.1 Book for records
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.1) Sec. 10-22.1. Book for records. To purchase a suitable book for their records. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
105 ILCS 5/10-22.10 Control and supervision of school houses and school grounds
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.10) Sec. 10-22.10. Control and supervision of school houses and school grounds. To have the control and supervision of all public schoolhouses in their district, and to grant the temporary use of them, when not occupied by schools, …
105 ILCS 5/10-22.10a Inspection for drugs
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(105 ILCS 5/10-22.10a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.10a) Sec. 10-22.10a. Inspection for drugs. School boards are empowered to adopt a policy to authorize school officials to request the assistance of law enforcement officials for the purpose of conducting reasonable searches of scho…